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High Blood Pressure: Hypertension

High Blood Pressure: Hypertension. World Health Day 7 April 2013. What is high blood pressure?.

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High Blood Pressure: Hypertension

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  1. High Blood Pressure: Hypertension World Health Day 7 April 2013

  2. What is high blood pressure? • High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a condition in which the blood vessels have persistently raised pressure, increasing the pumping work of the heart and leading to hardening of the vessels. • Normal levels of both systolic and diastolic blood pressure are particularly important for the efficient function of vital organs such as the heart, brain and kidney and for overall health and well-being.

  3. What causes high blood pressure • Blood pressure tends to rise as people get older, thus everyone’s risk for hypertension increases with age • Hypertension can be hereditary. The risk of high blood pressure increases when hereditary factors are combined with unhealthy lifestyle choices.

  4. What are the risk factors for high blood pressure? • Behavioral and lifestyle-related factors : tobacco use, unhealthy diet and excessive use of salt; physical inactivity, overweight and harmful use of khat and alcohol.

  5. What are the symptoms of high blood pressure? • High blood pressure is called the “silent killer” because it often has no warning signs or symptoms, and many people do not realize they have it • When symptoms do occur, they can include early-morning headache, nosebleed, irregular heartbeats and buzzing in the ears. Symptoms of severe hypertension include tiredness, nausea, vomiting, confusion, anxiety and chest pain and muscle tremors.

  6. Global magnitude of the problem

  7. Shisha Smoking among EMR youth, data from 2009-2010 BOYS GIRLS Source: Fact Sheets , Global Youth Tobacco Survey

  8. Hypertension is preventable and curable Prevention Screening and treatment measure blood pressure of all people above 40 years old map and register at risk groups and diagnosed cases Life long treatment Detect early any complications • reduce salt and fat intake • daily physical activity • stop smoking • Reduce Khat and alcohol • reduce stress • Health promotion assisted by legislation

  9. Economic burden The cost of action vs inaction (in developing countries over the next fifteen years) US$ 170B is the overall cost for all developing countries to scale up action by implementing a set of "best buy" interventions between 2011 and 2025, identified as priority actions by WHO US$ 7T is the cumulative lost output in developing countries associated with NCDs between 2011-2025 Reports are available at www.who.int/ncd

  10. High blood pressure: everyone has a role • Governments and policy-makers • World Health Organization, UN agencies • Academia and professional associations • Health and social workers • Civil society and nongovernmental organizations • The private sector, excluding the tobacco industry • Families, individuals

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